Quality of service in public transport based on customer satisfaction surveys: A review and assessment of methodological approaches Oña López, Juan José De Oña López, Rocío de Service quality Public transport Customer satisfaction surveys Derived importance Stated importance The growth of literature in the field of quality of service in the public transport (PT) sector shows increasing concern for a better understanding of the factors affecting service quality (SQ) in PT organizations and companies. A large variety of approaches to SQ has been developed in recent years owing to the complexity of the concept; the broad range of attributes required to evaluate SQ; and the imprecision, subjectivity and heterogeneous nature of the data used to analyse it. Most of these approaches are based on customer satisfaction surveys. This paper seeks to summarize the evolution of research and current thinking as it relates to the different methodological approaches for SQ evaluation in the PT sector over the years, and provides a discussion of future directions. 2015-01-29T13:33:48Z 2015-01-29T13:33:48Z 2014-12-08 info:eu-repo/semantics/preprint De Oña, J.; De Oña, R. Quality of service in public transport based on customer satisfaction surveys: A review and assessment of methodological approaches. Transportation Science, 2014. [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/34480] 0041-1655 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/34480 10.1287/trsc.2014.0544 1526-5447 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences